Alex has been a nurse for 46 years, first qualifying in 1980 and working in cancer nursing as a staff nurse and ward sister until the early 1990s.
Further study of nursing at Manchester University led her to qualify as a nurse teacher and she moved into nursing and health education full time. A variety of lecturing roles culminated in taking a post at the Royal College of Nursing in 2007 to develop and deliver distance learning top up degrees for nurses. Following this, Alex returned to mainstream higher education latterly as Faculty Dean at the University of Wolverhampton, where she enjoyed working in close partnership with local and regional NHS Trusts, notably WMAS.
In 2021 she retired from her Faculty role and took up a number of consultancy posts with other Universities. IN 2023 she was appointed as a visiting Professor in Nursing and Health at Newman University Birmingham.
Alex has retained a passion for and commitment to promoting excellence in quality patient care. Outside of work her time is devoted to her family and friends, travel and reading.